. >> these cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy, we will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an abstraction, people will lose their jobs. >> mr. obama staged in front of a group of first responders who he says are, their jobs are at risk. playing to the cameras there and beginning a dismal forecast for americans, should congress not act and should the automatic spending cuts take place on march 1st. the g.o.p. responded, today the president advanced an argument republicans have been making for a year and his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending, replacing the president's sequester will require a plan to cut spending that will put us on the path to a budget that's balanced in ten years, we keep the first responders on the job, what other spending is the president willing to cut? these staged events, is that influencing the coverage? >> i think it is. i think the president has what they call the bully pulpit and it's very powerful and it moves numbers on the voters polls, but when i moved back to washington, i